Chinese Film Investors

Best known for its franchise properties Rambo and The Expendables, Millennium has generated over $1.2 billion in worldwide box office revenues since 2011. Recon Holding (Recon Wenyuan Cable Co) was founded in 2001 and is based in Yixing China with Dr. Tony Xia as Chairman. It is controlled by Recon Group, a multinational conglomerate which owns the Aston Villa football club.

Wanda Group, which runs department-stores, tourism businesses and chain of movie theaters in China, acquired AMC Entertainment in 2012 for $2.6 billion to expand into the US. Talks with Lions Gate are at an early stage. Wanda has also held discussions about investing in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the producer of James Bond films.

A joint venture led by Chinese film and TV company Galloping Horse has submitted a winning bid to acquire one of Hollywood's leading visual effects studios for $30 million.

Galloping Horse America, a division of the Beijing-based media company, has partnered with Reliance MediaWorks, the post-production company that is part of the Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA, to buy Digital Domain's visual effects studios in Venice and Vancouver, Canada.

Bruno Wu's, chairman of Sun Redrock Investment which is one of the largest privately-held media investment groups in China, has announced a joint venture with Fast Five director Justin Lin to form a media company .

The announcement comes within weeks of the launch of $800-million fund, Harvest Seven Stars Media Fund, which is a partnership between Chinese firm Harvest Alternative Investment and Mr. Wu's firm. The fund will invest across mergers & acquisitions and content.